STORY: :: June 16, 2026
:: Flames rise from an oil refinery in Moscow after a Ukrainian drone attack
:: The refinery is the largest fuel supplier to the Moscow region
:: Kotelniki, Russia
:: Another video shows the moment a Ukrainian drone hit a building near the facility
Reuters confirmed the location from buildings and oil refinery apparatus which matched archive and satellite imagery. The date was verified from a Telegram post by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin confirming the attack. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy also posted on X confirming the attack on the oil refinery. Also no older versions of the video were found posted online before June 16.
The sources said the strike on Gazprom Neft's refinery in southeast Moscow damaged a primary refining facility that accounts for 53% of ?the plant's capacity.
A second unit is expected to resume operations soon, they said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Local emergency services later said the fire had been put out and had not affected operations - information that was contradicted by the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Sobyanin said a facility at the site had been damaged, without giving further details.
